Pak army shells forward posts\, hamlets along LoC in J-K\'s Poonch\, 2 civilians injured

Pak army shells forward posts, hamlets along LoC in J-K's Poonch, 2 civilians injured

Press Trust of India  |  Jammu 

army resorted to heavy mortar shelling and small arms firing targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's district on Monday, resulting in to two civilians, officials said.

Two civilians -- Maqsood Ahmed and Ashiq Hussain -- were injured in the shelling, officials said.

On Sunday, a was injured in sector of in Pakistani shelling, while a 25-year-old suffered when a mortar shell exploded near him in Keri sector of district, they said.

has violated ceasefire by 513 times along the LoC in the state in the past one-and-a-half-month.

The Pakistani side has suffered five to six times more casualties than the Indian side in retaliatory action, a said.

Ten people, including four soldiers, have been killed and over 50 injured in and Poonch districts since India's February 26 air strike on a JeM terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot in response to the Pulwama terror attack that left 40 CRPF personnel dead.

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First Published: Mon, May 06 2019. 16:10 IST